From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2002-12-31T16:26:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Range#size

On Tuesday, December 31, 2002, 6:07:06 PM, Gennady wrote:

>> Range size is not easily calculatable; imagine when both ends are
>> floats, or strings.

> Does this mean that there's no Range#each in 1.7 either (I am still 
> using 1.6.7)? It seems to me that same considerations regarding floats 
> or strings apply to each as well as size.

Range without #each would be a bit odd, I think. #each on a range of
Strings is no big deal (you can use it to calculate #size if you like.
For some reason, Range#each treats floats like integers:

irb(main):004:0> (1.1..5.9).each do |i|
irb(main):005:1*   puts i
irb(main):006:1> end
1
2
3
4
5
1.1..5.9


Gavin